Indians 101 is a series exploring American Indian histories, cultures, and current concerns
In 1670, Prince Rupert, a duke, three earls, and other nobles subscribed to the Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay and were […]
There have been relatively few American Presidents-most Indians would say no American Presidents-who have had any empathy for or understanding of American Indians. In their […]
Equal protection under the law is a legal and social concept which has often not been viewed as applicable to American Indians. During much of […]
Traditionally the United States has assumed that any mineral and energy resources found on Indian reservations should be developed by non-Indian private enterprise and that […]
The United States bought Alaska from the Russians in 1867. The Russians had never attempted to force the Alaska natives to recognize Russian ownership, nor […]
The Pueblo Indians, who have lived in the American Southwest for thousands of years, do not draw a distinction between the secular and the sacred: […]
Throughout the first century of its existence, the United States had carried out policies intended to decimate the First Nations that had occupied the lands […]
In 1892 the army abandoned Fort Shaw, located 24 miles west of Great Falls, Montana . The Indian Office (later known as the Bureau of […]
When describing the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890, many history books make two major errors: (1) they claim that this was the end of the […]
Bear Butte in South Dakota is a sacred site which is used as a vision quest site for the Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne. The Sioux […]